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Click the links below to review video recordings, presentations, and handouts from past webinars at any time.


The Business Basics

  • How to Start a Business | Recording | Presentation | Bruce County Community Profile
  • Zoning, Bylaws, and the Planning Process | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Prepare a Visual Lean Canvas Business Plan | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Write a Traditional Business Plan | Recording | Template
  • Preparing and Understanding your Cash Flow Statement | Recording | Presentation | Working with Cash Flow Statement
  • Basic Accounting Principles | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Operate your Business Effectively and Efficiently | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Expand your Profit Margins | Recording | Presentation | Working with Income Statement
  • How Much is Too Much (Pricing) | Presentation
  • Assessing Value and Setting Prices in your Business | Recording | Presentation
  • How Big Will My Business Be? | Recording | Presentation
  • Managing Your Business Blood Pressure | Recording | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2
  • Trying to Save Money will Cost You | Recording | Presentation
  • Income Tax Preparation for Sole Proprietors and Partnerships Recording | Presentation

QuickBooks

  • For Beginners | Desktop version recording | Online version recording
  • Advanced Use | Desktop version recording | Online version recording
  • Payroll | Desktop version recording

Start-up Business Guide

  • Ask the Expert: Incorporating Your Business | Recording | Presentation
  • Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur with a Solid Business Plan | Recording | Presentation| Handout
  • Marketing Your Small Business | Recording - Part 1 | Recording - Part 2
  • Financial Preparation and Management for your Business | Recording
  • Bookkeeping Tips and Effective Management Strategies | Recording
  • The Secrets to Running a Successful Business | Recording

Branding & Marketing

  • The Future of Retail and How Your Business Should Adapt | Presentation Part 1 | Presentation Part 2
  • Branding and Marketing Tips and Tricks | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Identify your Ideal Customer and Target Market | Recording | Presentation
  • Who's your Linda? | Recording | Presentation
  • Brand Basics | Recording | Presentation
  • Branding & Marketing | Recording | Presentation
  • Writing for Online & Print | Recording | Presentation
  • Master your Message | Recording
  • Business Photography | Recording
  • Video Marketing | Recording | Presentation
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Digital Marketing

  • Social Media Essentials for Small Business | Recording | Presentation
  • Conquering Digital Marketing | Recording | Presentation
  • Introduction to E-Commerce | Recording
  • Websites & E-Commerce | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Build a Website and Sell Online | Recording | Presentation | Q&A
  • Google My Business | Recording for Beginners | Presentation | Recording for Service-Based Businesses - Advanced | Recording for Retail Businesses - Advanced | Recording for Restaurants - Advanced
  • How to set up and use Google AdWords | Recording | Presentation | Q&A
  • LinkedIn for Small Businesses
    Recording | Presentation
  • Social Media Platforms | Recording | Presentation
  • When and Where to be on Social Media | Recording | Presentation | Q&A
  • Social Media Content Development | Recording | Presentation
  • How to Advertise on Social Media | Recording | Presentation

Workforce Development

  • Adapting to the Workforce Landscape: Employee Attraction Recording | Presentation
  • Adapting to the Workforce Landscape: Hiring Staff Recording | Presentation
  • Adapting to the Workforce Landscape: Employee Retention 
     Recording | Presentation
  • Closing Workforce Gaps: Hiring and Retaining Newcomers Recording | Presentation
  • Closing Workforce Gaps: Temporary and Foreign Worker Program with Live by Design | Recording | Presentation

How to Start a Restaurant 

  • Starting a Bar or Restaurant: The Non-Negotiables | Recording | Presentation| Handout
  • Deep Dive: Feasibility Studies, Concept and Brand Strategy, and Business Plans | Recording | Handout
  • Developing a Profitable Food Menu | Recording | Handout
  • Developing an Epic Beverage Program | Recording | Presentation
  • Hacking the New Normal | Recording | Presentation

Crafting Memorable Customer Experiences

  • Experience Development 101 - Part 1 | Recording | Workbook
  • Experience Development 101 - Part 2 | Recording | Workbook
  • Small Details, Big Dividends  | Recording | Handout
  • Case Study in Experimental Tourism | Recording | Slides

Human Resources

  • Intro to Employment Legislation | Recording | Presentation
  • What You Need to Know About Workplace Policies | Recording | Presentation
  • Employee Handbooks, an Essential Business Tool| Recording | Presentation
  • Legally Defensible HR Practices You Need to Know| Recording | Presentation
  • From Employee Attraction to Separation and Everything In-Between| Recording | Presentation
  • Defining and Communicating Your Workplace Culture | Recording | Presentation

Employment Standards & Occupational Health & Safety

  • Small Business Toolkit | Handout
  • What You Need to Know About ESA & OHSA | Handout
  • Reopening Ontario - Resources | Handout
  • ESA - What Businesses Need to Know | Handout
  • What Businesses Need to Know - AODA | Handout
  • Tools & Resources Tip Sheet | Handout
  • Employment Standards | Handout
  • Prevention Poster | Handout

Hire a Co-op Student

  • Discover how the process works, benefits of these programs, and financial incentives.

Taxes

  • Navigate Tax Time for Small Business | Presentation
  • Income Tax Preparation for Sole Proprietorships & Partnerships | Recording | Slides| Statement of Business or Professional Activities - Form T2125E(21) | Self-employed Business, Professional, Commission Farming and Fishing Income T4002-20E

Extras

  • Tech, Tools, & Productivity | Recording | Presentation
  • Getting it All Done | Recording | Presentation
  • Mental Health in the Workplace | Recording | Presentation | Resources

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